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UNITED STATES FFICE.

ATENT GEORGE W. SIMONS AND ROBERT H. GEBOTT, OF ST. OATHARINES, ONTA-BIO, CANADA; SAID SIMONS ASSIGNOR TO SAID GEBOTT.

FORCE-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,538, dated October24, 1882. Application filed April 18, 1881. (ModeL) Patented in CanadaNovember 27, 1880, No. 12,031.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE WASHINGTON SIMoNsand ROBERT HENRY GEBo'r'r, citizens of the United States of America,residing at the cityof St. Catharines,in the countyof Lincoln andProvince of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements on Force-Pumps, (for which we have obtained a patent in theDominion of Canada, No. 12,031, bearing date November 27, 1880,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

The first part of ourinvention relates to the mode, combination, andconstruction of the plungers and valves. The object of this part of ourinvention is to do away with the necessity of stuffing-boxes, andrenders our invention to be used in wooden pumps, thus lessening thecost of constructing force-pumps.

The second part of our invention relates to the combination andconstruction of the valves and plungers, which can be placed at thebottom of the well, thus escaping frost, or at any distance from thebottom.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the entire pump, showing theconstruction and working of the pump embodying our invention. Fig.

2 is the iron tube for connecting wooden tube of pump when required fordeep wells.

A B are the plungers. O D E F are the valves. G is cylinder, showingplunger A 0 down, with valve 0 closed and valve D open.

H is cylinder, showing plunger B raised, with valve E closed and valve Fopen; I J, tubes through which the Water is drawn up; K, tube throughwhich the water is forced to the mouth 5 of the pump; L, plug forstopping up bottom of tube of pump, shaped so as to direct the Waterupward; M, plug for stopping top of tube of pump,shaped so as to directthe water out of the spout or mouth of the pump; N, 40 nozzle of pump,to which a hose may be attached; 0, an iron tube for the purpose ofconnecting or splicing pump-tube when required for deep wells; P,handles of pump.

What we claim as our invention, and desire 5 to secure by LettersPatent, is-

The combination,in a pump having plungers A B, of valves 0, D, E, and Fand plugs LM, arranged as shown.

GEORGE WASHINGTON SIMONS. ROBERT HENRY GEBOTT.

Witnesses:

S. H. MOORE, ALBERT G. BROWN.

